Since the ecosystem is an untouched resource, fisheries have begun to express interest in extracting fish from the twilight zone, Beltran said. "But because the mesopelagic is so deep, and in ...

It is not common for the oarfish, a deep sea, ribbon shaped creature, to wash up on shore, but when it does, some believe it could mean that something bad is going to happen.

The sighting, captured on video by Robert Hayes from Idaho, has sparked fresh discussions about the legend of the 'doomsday ...

Besides the promise of providing visibility into the ocean's mysterious mesopelagic zone, this study also stands out for another reason: The paper is co-authored by 14 undergraduates who took an ...

The "twilight zone" refers to a slice of the ocean between 200 and 1,000 meters below the surface, where sunlight is nearly absent and photosynthesis does not occur. Also known as the mesopelagic ...

It passed through the Mesopelagic Zone (600-3,300 feet), also referred to as the "Twilight Zone," and continued well into the Bathypelagic Zone (3,300-13,000 feet), or the "Midnight Zone." ...

The long, ribbon-shaped fish usually inhabit the mesopelagic zone, a region of deep water where light cannot penetrate. A video of the moment the silvery fish with its characteristic orange fins ...

We examined the diel behavior among the jellyfish Periphylla periphylla in Lurefjorden, Norway in a sampling campaign and by a > 3-month continuous acoustic study. Jellyfish distribution and behavior ...